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introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2023

HB 251: Clean Energy Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 46-1-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governmental entities prohibited from restricting utility service connection or sale of fuels based on type and ability to choose utility service, so as to require the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to gradually reduce, from 2025 to 2050, the carbon dioxide emissions from electric utilities; to require all electricity provided by an electric utility in this state to be generated from clean energy sources by 2050; to provide for a short title; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2023

HB 245: Minimum wage law; preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity; repeal certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage law, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to the preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sam Park (D) Debbie Buckner (D) Doreen Carter (D) Dewey McClain (D) Pete Marin (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 8, 2023

SR 109: Recognition of Marriage; only the union of man and woman; repeal- CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to repeal the recognition of marriage as only the union of man and woman; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Valencia Seay (D) Sally Harrell (D) Nabilah Parkes (D) Sonya Halpern (D) Kim Jackson (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2023

HB 241: Minimum wage; provide increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage law, so as to provide for an increase in the minimum wage; to provide a credit toward the minimum wage for employers of tipped workers; to eliminate various eligibility exemptions from the minimum wage; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Lynn Heffner (D) Kimberly Alexander (D) Dewey McClain (D) Terry Cummings (D) Sheila Jones (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2023

HB 214: Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 and Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles and physicians, physician assistants, and others, respectively, so as to authorize advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to execute affidavits certifying an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals for persons with disabilities; to authorize physicians to delegate the authority to physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances under certain conditions; to provide for automatic approval of identical job descriptions under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Matt Reeves (R) Jesse Petrea (R) Rick Jasperse (R) Victor Anderson (R) Billy Mitchell (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2023

HB 208: Appeal and error; evidence has been lost or destroyed by the state; provide for remedies

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-5-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements as to extraordinary motions for new trial generally, notice of filing of motion, limitations as to number of extraordinary motions in criminal cases, and DNA testing, so as to provide for remedies where evidence has been lost or destroyed by the state; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of property seized, so as to provide that court clerks maintain and store all physical evidence introduced in felony trials after conviction; to provide for the preservation and documentation of certain evidence; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Scott Holcomb (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2023

HB 6: Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for the submission of a waiver request by the Department of Human Services to permit the recipients of certain public assistance benefits to use such benefits for the purpose of purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products if the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service makes such waiver available to states; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sandra Scott (D) Solomon Adesanya (D) Viola Davis (D) Kim Schofield (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2023

HB 205: Conservation and natural resources; veterans with a service related disability free access to all state parks; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-3-9.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to discount for certified disabled veterans, so as to provide veterans with a service related disability free access to all state parks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jesse Petrea (R) Steve Tarvin (R) David Clark (R) Mitchell Horner (R) Beth Camp (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2023

HB 232: Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention, so as to require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to the health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sandra Scott (D) Shelly Hutchinson (D) Viola Davis (D) Kim Schofield (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 7, 2023

SB 94: 'Georgia Secure Automated Vehicle Enforcement (SAVE) Act'; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to authorize the use of automated plate recognition systems for the issuance of a civil monetary penalty for the ownership of a motor vehicle operated without proper insurance or with an expired, revoked, canceled, or suspended registration; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Clint Dixon (R) Shawn Still (R) Brian Strickland (R) Randy Robertson (R) Matt Brass (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2023

HB 229: Courts; grounds for recall of district attorneys of judicial circuits and solicitors-general of state courts; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for the duty to examine every case for probable cause; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recall of public officers, so as to revise provisions relating to grounds for recall of district attorneys of judicial circuits and solicitors-general of state courts; to revise the number of electors needed to demand recall of a district attorney of a judicial circuit or solicitor-general of a state court; to revise the number of official sponsors necessary for a recall of a district attorney of a judicial circuit or solicitor-general of a state court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jesse Petrea (R) Scott Hilton (R) Ginny Ehrhart (R) Houston Gaines (R) Joseph Gullett (R)
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